I took it to Gossett Dodge on 8-31-2011, the service rep. The 2008 redesign had two spark plugs per cylinder, a 9. Not bad for a 287-inch powerplant, eh? Bucking the current trend, the oil ring tension is rather high 12 lbs allowing good oil control even in high-mileage engines. This has happened to me well over twenty times in the past year. Another issue is whether the brackets on the engine cradle can themselves support the weight of the 4. But if your leak in question is on the top of the engine at that housing, you'd have to replace that housing. The engine was still made at Mack Avenue Detroit.
If no power there but fuse is okay you may need a blower control… This would require quite a bit of work. After a number of years with nothing but problems with this truck, it finally had been very reliable. I inserted the 3 mounting bolts into their rightful places into the pump. Instead I secured the pump on a table, and put my channel lock pliers behind the mounting wing that is attached to the pipe and gently hit the back side of my pliers. The crankshaft is nodular cast iron, hardened and microfinished.
All of our remanufactured Dodge 4. California, and a few other jurisdictions, have additional requirements and, in the case of California, these are published in the. Pulled over to the side and started to diagnose. Let up on the gas to let a car change lanes in front of me and when I tried to resume my speed it had no power. Had it flat bedded to my service garage.
This could have been prevented, and my truck still driving if Dodge would have just fixed the damn problem when I took it to the in the first place. I used the bolt pattern on the new pump to make it, by welding 2 small studs on a piece of flat steel. Looking briefly at the block, there is room for some stroke increase. You can often find these manuals at the half-price book store cheap , if not the Public Library for free. The camshafts themselves are radical - although not in lift or duration.
Once the fan nut is loose, remove the bolts for the shroud and lift the fan and shroud out together. Never went away and never got louder. I changed the oil the night before the failure. The fan nut came loose easily. But looky here, the Intake and Exhaust rockers are opposite each other. Simply loosen but do not remove all of the bolts until the fan nut is loose. I l looped the clamp and vise grips onto the top hose fitting of the new pump, leaving it clamped open.
Then stick a screwdriver into the hole to stop the pump from turning. Everything that i have read or seen online regarding this truck and its problems makes my f cking stomach turn and brings me to tears. Not sure if the 2001 ever had the 16 tooth. Mine loosened counter clockwise right hand thread. All journals have rolled fillets, a significant step taken, in the best racing engines, to prevent stress cracks from forming. I'm the owner of a 1999 durango.
This is obviously to improve flow and reduce friction. I tried to put it in neutral and restart it. The last change was 150 miles before the failure. Then tried to start it and it wouldn't almost felt like it had a Vacuum leak. At this point you might want to remove the idler pulley right above the water pump to make the following steps easier. After a half block I let up on the gas and the engine died again. Electronics There are two interesting electronics-related details worth noting.
The strap also didn't work but I found out a simple way to loosen the fan nut if you are throwing out the old pump. Or, welcome to the club. It sounded like it was just an exhaust tick. We are Auto Dealers and Recyclers. Any injury, damage or loss that may result from improper use of these tools, equipment, or the information contained in this video is the sole responsibility of the user and not EricTheCarGuy.